Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant is Commander, Space Systems Command, headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. He is responsible for more than 15,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel worldwide and an annual budget of $15.6 billion, while managing the research, design, development, acquisition, launch, and sustainment of satellites and the associated command and control systems. His extensive portfolio includes military satellite communication, missile warning, navigation and timing, space-based weather, space launch and test ranges, space superiority, responsive space and other emerging evolutionary space programs.
Prior to Space Systems Command, Lt. Gen. Garrant served as the Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, and Requirements, and had the overall responsibility for the strategies, requirements, and budget of the United States Space Force.
Lt. Gen. Garrant received his commission from the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Maryland in 1991. During his career, he has served in a variety of acquisition positions including Systems Engineer, Program Manager, Program Element Monitor, Squadron Commander, Senior Materiel Leader, Deputy Program Executive Officer and Program Executive.
EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
1995 Master of Science, Systems Management, Capitol College, Laurel, Md.
1996 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2003 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2004 Master of Science, Systems Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2006 Air War College, by correspondence
2011 Master of Strategic Studies, Army War College, Carlisle, Pa.
2014 Enterprise Leadership Program, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2016 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2023 Leadership at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1992–June 1995, Systems Engineer then Program Manager, Document and Data Networks Division, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Md.
2. June 1995–June 1999, Systems Engineer then Program Manager, Data Masked
3. June 1999–March 2001, Air Combat Training Manager, Weapons and Tactics Branch, HQ USAFE, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
4. March 2001–June 2002, Executive Officer, Director of Air and Space Operations, HQ USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany
5. August 2002–August 2003, Program Manager, F-16 Structures Branch, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
6. August 2003–September 2004, Intermediate Developmental Education Student, Systems Engineering Department, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. September 2004–July 2006, Chief, Advanced Sensors Branch, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Rosslyn, Va.
8. July 2006–June 2007, Chief, Predator, Reaper, and Big Safari Programs Branch, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Rosslyn, Va.
9. June 2007–June 2009, Commander, 689 ARSS, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
10. July 2008–January 2009, MNC-I C-8 Acquisition Liaison Officer, Camp Victory, Iraq
11. June 2009–June 2010, Deputy Director, 808 ARSG, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB, Fla.
12. July 2010–June 2011, Senior Developmental Education Student, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
13. July 2011–May 2014, Senior Material Leader, EELV Systems Division, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
14. October 2013–April 2014, Deputy Director for Regional Teams, Operational Contract Support and Chief, Audit Readiness, HQ USFOR-A, Kabul, Afghanistan and Al Udeid, Qatar
15. May 2014–June 2017, Director, Space Superiority Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
16. June 2017–June 2019, Vice Commander and Deputy Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
17. June 2019–June 2022, Program Executive for Ground-based Weapon Systems, Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
18. August 2022–December 2023, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Strategy, Plans, Programs, and Requirements, United States Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
19. December 2023–present, Commander, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2008–January 2009, MNC-I C-8 Acquisition Liaison Officer, Camp Victory, Iraq, as a lieutenant colonel
2. October 2013–April 2014, Deputy Director for Regional Teams, Operational Contract Support and Chief, Audit Readiness, HQ USFOR-A, Kabul, Afghanistan and Al Udeid, Qatar, as a colonel
3. June 2019–June 2022, Program Executive for Ground-based Weapon Systems, Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., as a brigadier general and major general
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
(Current as of February 2024)